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Brianne Hill and Reginald Andre Jackson rehearsing "The Mountaintop," opening Sept. 11 at ArtsWest Playhouse

Activists gathered 40,000 signatures on an anti-coal petition to Lands Commissioner Peter Goldmark

Supporters hoist anti-coal signs for a speaker at Friday Harbor.

SSA Marine Vice President Bob Watters addresses pro-terminal crowd at Ferndale.

Coal at a Canadian terminal awaiting shipment.

The road to a public coal port hearing.

Coal at a Canadian terminal awaiting shipment.

A train runs along Bellingham Bay

Last month a ship knocked out a pier at the Westshore Terminals, North America's largest coal port, spilling coal into the Fraser delta. (Click on images to enlarge.)

The Cape Violet, a Capesize coal bulker built in 2009 and operating under Panamanian flag, recently stopped at Westshore Terminal south of Vancouver, B.C.